Archives 2008 Results Rock the Cradle for Johnny Romano Memorial Contest
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This very special event was held in the honor of the 10 year old Texas skateboarder Johnny Romano who had battled cancer for many years and passed away just a few months ago. He and his family have been an inspiration to many people for many years. World Cup Skateboarding was very honored to be involved with such history making event. Adding to many years of Skate history in Texas. The event was held at the amazing new Lee and Joe Jamail skatepark located right in downtown Houston.
As
the crowd gathered, the skaters warmed up in the big bowl under the
perfect weather. We started the jam sessions and the locals were
dominating the highest Cradle rides and smooth flowing lines. After a
while it was clear that Nick Parenti and his frontside carves 8' 1/2'
above the vertical mark would Rock the Cradle the highest!! Meanwhile
the jam sessions kept flowing as the pros were throwing big tricks and
high airs in the big bowl for a great show for the crowd and a great
vibe for all of the riders. Meanwhile Rune, Sergie and Lincoln also ripped the session along with many Houston locals including Ken Fillion, Troy Chasen and Dave Donaldson. Ken and Sergie were battling for the high air spot in the 6'-7' range until right at the end of the session Lincon Ueda pulled off a huge 8 1/2' f/s tailgrab to take the win! During the awards Rune donated his prize money to the Johnny Romano Memorial fund and right after Bryan Pennington and Jason Espeseth did the same. What a good vibe! After the awards we did a Scion sponsored autograph and photo session for all of the kids. Then we headed to the kidney pool for a cash $ giveaway. Everyone ripped the pool and had a great time and it was all for a good cause. We raised over $17,500 at the park and had 36 people donate blood. This will help 84 lives.
After the event we saw
Johnny Gibson's band Sugar Shack play at The Continental club. Other
bands had played there all day with an art show to raise over $6,000.
Later that night we went out and saw OG SkateRock band Agent Orange
play all of their classics extra fast! A fun night to end a great
weekend! Thanks again to everyone who donated and participated for such
a good cause. Also a big thanks to the sponsors, Scion, Boost Mobile,
Sun and Ski Sports and Skullcandy. An extra special thanks goes to
Barry Blumenthal and his crew for putting on such a great event.
Together we are already planning an even bigger event for next year. A
special thanks also go out to Damian and the crew from Southshore
distribution and all involved for putting on the annual Make-A Wish
event at the Southside skatepark on Saturday.
For donations go to
Results...
Highest Air 
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